I really really dont want to. Half our bloody office have stayed hiome as well today because of the frost on the floor everyone is pissing themselves about... bloody lightweight pieces of crap I tell you!

Yes lots of songs are co written thats not the point of the thread, the point is the deception to create some faux credibility.

You would get far more credibility by just saying "we are a pop act we write some songs other people help us with some" thats fine guys carry on, just dont lie to people and treat them like idiots who cant like a band who dont write all their own songs.

Its like writing a song that has sections from other songs in and claiming it as your own.

but f they admit that then no problem. Goulding however has been harping on about how she writes her own songs and shit so if she is using other peoples work and passing it off as her own she can piss off.

Pop albums are just like various artist albums now, it would appear to be almost an industry norm for this sort of thing to happen.

for solo artists/pop bands etc.......look at Florence - she had three producers working on her album, and I'm almost certain (can't be arsed checking) she wrote with them. These days when a certain artists has potential they'll stick them in the studio with several song writers and just see what happens - it tends to speed up the writing process, and it costs little (usually just studio costs).....well it costs little in return for the potential payout they could get if they write a huge hit.